Objective To refine and validate the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (BVAS) as a
disease‐specific activity index for Wegener's granulomatosis (WG). Methods Sixteen members of …

Objective To identify prognostic markers that are predictive of progressive erosive disease
in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods The study involved an inception …

… Legerton III, Evgeny Nasonov, Patrick Durez, Ayanbola Elegbe, Robert Wong, Xiaohui Li… RM
Valente received grant/research support from Novartis, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer… Schiff M …

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous human herpesvirus. Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) is
involved in host innate immunity against pathogens, and its aberrant activation is linked to the …

Shoulder pain is a common entity in a primary care physician's practice. The unique anatomy
of the shoulder allows for almost unrestrained motion in all planes. A thorough history and …

We describe the development of a destructive, erosive spondyloarthropathy in three long-term
dialysis patients (mean duration of dialysis, 96 months). In all three patients, the lesions …

During a 15-year period, 17 patients with psoriatic arthritis had 27 foot and ankle operations.
The most common operation was forefoot arthroplasty. The stage of psoriatic skin …

The term" systemic vasculitis" describes inflammation of systemic blood vessels, the associated
clinical features, and pathologic consequences. Multisystem disease with constitutional …

Giant cell arteritis (GCA), a relatively common form of vasculitis in the United States and
Europe, is also referred to as temporal arteritis, cranial arteritis, and Horton's disease (1–4). It af. …

An automated computer-driven method for quantitating change on serial hand radiographs
from patients with rheumatoid arthritis is described. Joint images are superimposed and …